GREEN BAY — From free-agent dollars to premium draft picks, general manager Brian Gutekunst invested heavily in the Green Bay Packers' defense last year — and it paid off with marked improvement by a unit that helped his team go 13-3 and reach the NFC Championship Game.
But as the Packers’ virtual offseason program got into full swing this week, with players scattered about the country and connecting via their iPads to recorded team meetings and video conferences, they did so with largely the same cast of characters they had defensively when they ended the season, with only a handful of consistent contributors not returning.